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Audiobooks certainly feel like they have much worse retention. To solve this, whenever I listen to an audiobook now, I'll both buy it on Audible and on Kindle.
by tristanho 9y ago
Audiobooks certainly feel like they have much worse retention. To solve this, whenever I listen to an audiobook now, I'll both buy it on Audible and on Kindle. Then, whenever I hear something particularly compelling/important, I quickly hop into the Kindle app on my phone and highlight it. If a book has whispersync[0] enabled this is especially easy.
This, combined with having a workflow for consistently reviewing my highlights[1] has improved my (admittedly self-reported) retention significantly. There's plenty of science that supports how effective spaced repetition is for retention.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000827761 https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000827...
[1] https://readwise.io https://readwise.io -- disclaimer: I built this, but I genuinely think it's helpful here.
- winkywooster 9y agoThis is what I do. I also will read the Kindle portion of book when I can, only listening to audio when I'm in the car or doing something with my hands. I'm also a heavy user of "skip back 30 secs" (the back button on my truck's steering column does this out of the box). If I find my thoughts wandering, I will skip back to a portion I remember, and listen again. If I find myself skipping back a lot, I'll listen to something else. In my personal experience, audio has a lower retention rate compared to reading. However, you can train yourself to do better. The benefit is I can listen at 2x, and get a lot books in during my commute.